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17 OCT 04 by
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This rose was not happy in our coastal part of northern California.
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#1 of 3 posted
23 SEP 06 by
Anonymous-98313
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Thank you for your comments on Fragrant Apricot -- you've saved me from a disappointment.
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An ideal use of HelpMeFind - if only more people would share their experience with various plants !
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28 MAY 20 by
 jmile
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It is a very happy rose in Zone 9B Sacramento Valley. It loves the heat and is always in boom.
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Help! The pictures of Folksinger are so confusing. Some show lots of petals and others just a few. Can someone explain that?
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#1 of 4 posted
12 DEC 12 by
jedmar
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Different possibilities:
- Not the same rose shown
- Some roses bloom more double in spring when they are more vigorous and have a less double rebloom in autumn
- Some roses bloom differently in various climates and/or different soils
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12 DEC 12 by
oldblond
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Thank you, Jedmar
I never thought climate could have such a profound effect in terms of petal count. I have a feeling that this is a case two roses with the same name. Is there such a thing as rose DNA? If so, it would be fun to do a test on the two different bloom types, and see what results.
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#3 of 4 posted
13 DEC 12 by
jedmar
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Cheap rose DNA is something we are all waiting for. At present, it is possible, but cumbersome and expensive. The results are only meaningful if you have the DNA of the supposed parents to compare with. You also need to be sure you have the correct roses. Many times I see that comparisons are made with roses where we definitely know that they are mislabeled, such as Park's Yellow (in commerce). There is no sense in using this one as the supposed parent of Safrano, Devoniensis, etc. This happens when comparative DNA studies are made in universities by people who do not know rose history.
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The Heirlooms in the late 90s/early 00s would frequently mix up their apricot Bucks and their stippled Bucks. I live near them so I always corrected it for them, but it is a tedious task. Several Bucks look near identical until mature in the ground where the differences become quite clear.
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6 JAN 06 by
Anonymous-100347
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I have had it for many years. It grows slowly and booms sparingly; you could do better getting another variety with the same coloring. I'm in the S.F. Bay area.
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23 SEP 06 by
Anonymous-98313
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Thank you for your comment on Sheer Elegance. I live in a similar climate and will look for another rose.
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#3 of 4 posted
10 MAR 11 by
Benaminh
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Perhaps "Gemini" is a better replacement?
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It depends on location: Gemini BS's badly here, even though it performs otherwise very well. I still have Sheer Elegance and never spray it. Its only great fault here is sunburned blooms in August.
Sheer Magic is probably a fuller plant than either rose, but it opens weird here, so I never bought it.
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It grows like a weed here in Portland metro, Oregon. It prefers humidity and temperate climates.
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RE: Sebastian Kneipp -- Hortico has in listed on its on-line catalog.
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